Camp Beaver Dam

Camp Beaver Dam
Camp Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in United States
Site information
Type	Prisoner of war camp
Location
	Camp Beaver Dam Location within Wisconsin
Site history
In use	June 17, 1944 – August 1944
Garrison information
Past commanders	Lt. John B. Price; Lt. Lawrence J. Distel;
Occupants	300 German prisoners of war

Camp Beaver Dam was an American World War II prisoner of war camp in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin during the summer of 1944. The camp held 300 German prisoners of war in a tent city encampment where the Wayland Academy field house now stands.

References

↑ Cowley, Betty (February 2002). "Camp Beaver Dam". Stalag Wisconsin: inside WW II prisoner-of-war camps. Badger Books, LLC. p. 77. ISBN 1-878569-83-X. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2021-11-01. In trucks under heavy military escort, 300 German PW's arrived on the 17th of June.

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